A quick bit of backtracked and filled in writing. Thus I am writing this from 4 days in the future, or about events 4 days in the past. Whatever view tickles your fancy. Well I had a great end to my horrible airport stay. Business class upgrade, so good, the perks, bring them on. For dinner we were served some kind of salmon and cream cheese starter followed by pan seared springbok medallions, closed by a date pudding. its strange airplane food that actually tastes good. Anyway, one thing to note about Uganda as far as initial observations go, its so much greener than the other parts of Africa I had seen till now (that really just being Zimbabwe and Johannesburg). And, Lake Victoria, it's massive! It disappears into the horizon at some places... maybe a ... read more

Enough said, the purchase of the EeePC Laptop life saver was the highest value for money of any of my purchases. Although, technically I am in this mess not only because I was using it when I should have been boarding, but because I had it, I could take the plan as you go option, meaning I could be on it... when I should have been... yeah boarding. (Hopefully you struggled to read that :- ) Anyway, if you go traveling try and pack a small laptop, invaluable with cheaper outside world communication, especially with Skype, you potentially have access to a cheap international phone. Going overseas? get one, borrow one, steal one!.. OK maybe don't steal one, but they are good to have! Just a side note, To keep some of my sanity during my ... read more

Pretty stressed out Out of all the contacts given to me to attempt to get a hold of here in Harare only one has panned out. Normally that wouldn't be a problem I guess, just the only one that responded and gave me a number to call was my good friend Larry's friend of a parents friend! I had hoped I could plan on one contact getting the ball rolling but that hasn't been the case. The one person was more a business acquaintance here in Harare. So no volunteer work here, and I am not really in the position to start something up! Right now thank you Larry for this guys number, because I have never seen dollars being burned through as fast as these few USD I have are! The damage for 1 day ... read more

Im at the airport! D Day has come, im a little nervous as one might expect, things to note thus far, met some old people in the cafeteria, I of course complained about the banks skimming our money, which the old guy heartily agreed to. During check in it was rayther nice to be taken to the priority check in as the lines were rather long. I have even found a power point at a desk in the departure area where I am about to atempt to try and log onto crappy ol dialup. Ima try put my before and after mess into the pack pictures to see. Hmm ill add it later, final call and its not working :(... read more

Test Page Really Well like the title says, this is my list of stuff to take, a pic of my little tent and a test run really. Finding out how to add pictures and what happens when I type something out here. No spell checker that I can see :( Here is my list of stuff so far: tent, pocket knife, ear plugs, pen, paper, travel bible, thermal legs, 2xshirts, 2xlshirts, 2xsweat shirts, 2xtravel pants, 3xsocks, 3xundies, rain jacket, laptop and charger, solar panel, head torch, duct tape, malaria cure pack, pretend 1st aid kit, mosquito net, sleeping bag, sleeping bag liner, travel towel, calculator, compass, survival guide, camera, battery charger, toiletries, cutlery and bowl, water purification tabs, gloves, sunscreen, travel money, sim phone. Some of the stuff I don't actually have yet and may not ... read more